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Financial Aid and School Tuition

Built just for schools,
by those who understand schools

Software designed to simplify your workflow, reduce family-side confusion, and empower your mission.

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  • FAST Aid is crafted for accountability and powered by theory. Fill your seats with mission-appropriate students. Make responsible, appropriate awards with confidence and support.

    What you will get

    • Privacy protection
    • Ability to customize the formula to your mission
    • 24/7 support from a financial aid specialist
    • Most accurate threshold settings based on localized data
    • Industry leading formula to accurately handle business income
    • System designed with 40+ years experience and research on best practices for private-independent schools
    Fact Sheet

...FAST each year works to improve the product in ways that are in direct response to the schools needs...

Neal Wrightson, Head of School,
Children's Community School in California

I was impressed by FAST — it's a needed service that simplifies something that can be complicated, that will help a lot of people and institutions.

PARENT, Community Montessori School, TX

Your client services representative is extremely patient and thorough, and is always suggesting ways we can improve our process.

Katie Rich, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School
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    • 2207 Concord Pike #417
      Wilmington, DE 19803
  • Customer Service

    • For Parents: 877-326-FAST (3278)
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© 2018 Independent School Management, Inc.

Privacy Policy

We've developed this privacy policy to serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personally identifiable information' (PII) is being used on our website. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your school's, employees, students, and family's personally identifiable information in accordance with our website.

We collect personal information from users that access one of our Websites to place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to survey, fill out a form or entering general information on one of our websites, or when school administrators or families access one of our cloud-based applications?

When you use one our websites

  • ISM Corporate Website
  • ISM FAST® Website

What type of information do we collect?

When purchasing a product or service, subscribing to one of our newsletters, responding to a survey, filling out a form, or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, billing information, or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?

We collect information from you at the time you register for our website, order a product or service, you subscribe to a newsletter, you respond to a survey, you fill out a form, or you register on our site.

When you access membership services, cloud-based applications, or any subsidiaries within.

  • Membership Services
  • FAST®

Membership Services

What type of information do we collect?

So that you may receive discounts and access products and services specific to the membership we collect information including school name, membership administrator name, title, mailing address, and email address.

When do we collect information?

We collect information from you at the time you register for our membership, add a user to your membership, or you fill out a form to make changes to or customize your school's membership acess.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

  • To personalize user's experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
  • To improve our website in order to better serve you.
  • To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
  • To quickly process your transactions.
  • To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
  • To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)

FAST®

What information do we collect from students?

FAST®, our cloud-based software collects specific student/family information which is used to determine need for financial aid. This data is collected at the time the family applies for financial aid with our client schools. We collect studemt name, addresses, age, date of birth, social security income, or trust information only.

Independent School Management (ISM) will at no time share or sell ANY school, student, or family information with or to third parties, or use such information in conjunction with third parties or any other purpose other than as authorized at the time of sale. We will use school information for our internal marketing purposes or family testimonials when explicilty agreed to by the family via opt-in which authorized at the time of data collection.

Third-party disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.

Third-party links

We do include or offer third-party products or services on our website.

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.

Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Disclosing your Personally Indentibiable Information (PII)?

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.

How secure is our site?

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

Do we use 'cookies'?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We use cookies to:

  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If you disable cookies, some features will be disabled. It won't affect the user's experience that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly. However you will still be able to place orders.

Google

Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users.

We have implemented the following:

  • Remarketing with Google AdSense
  • Google Display Network Impression Reporting

We along with third-party vendors, such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law's reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. See more here.

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:

  • Users can visit our site anonymously.
  • Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page at isminc.com.

Our Privacy Policy link includes the word 'Privacy' and can be easily be found on the page specified above.

Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes:

  • On our Privacy Policy Page

Users are able to change their personal information:

  • By emailing us at info@isminc.com
  • By calling us 302-656-4944
  • By logging in to their account at isminc.com

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under 13. Please read our pledge to safeguard student privacy here.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify the users via email

  • Within 7 business days
  • Within 7 business days

We will notify the users via in-site notification

  • Within 7 business days

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

  • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
  • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.
  • We may also send you additional information related to your product and/or service.
  • Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be in accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:

  • NOT use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
  • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
  • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
  • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
  • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at:

  • info@isminc.com
  • Follow the instructions at the bottom of each email,

and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Questions and Contact Information

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact

isminc.com
2207 Concord Pike #417
Wilmington, DE 19803
USA
info@isminc.com
302-656-4944

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

Last Edited on 2016-06-10

ISM/FAST Pledge to Safeguard Student Privacy

As a valued service provider for your school we are honored to be entrusted with information that is critical to support your educational needs and school operations.

We at ISM/FAST are committed to supporting your school’s values and mission with integrity and respect. In so doing, it is critical that we build trust by effectively protecting the privacy of student information and communicating with parents about how student information is used and safeguarded. Therefore, we take responsibility to both support the effective use of student information and to safeguard student privacy and information security.

We pledge to carry out responsible stewardship and appropriate use of student personal information according to the commitments below and in adherence to all laws applicable to us as school service providers.

We Are Committed To

  • We will not collect, maintain, use or share student personal information beyond that needed for authorized school purposes, or as authorized by the parent/student.
  • We will not sell student or parent’s personal information.
  • We will not use or disclose student information collected through our services for behavioral targeting of advertisements to students.
  • We will not build a personal profile of a student other than for supporting authorized educational/school purposes or as authorized by the parent/student.
  • We will not make material changes to our consumer privacy policies without first providing prominent notice to the educational institution, or the parent/student when the information is collected directly from the student with student/parent consent) and allowing them choices before data is used in any manner inconsistent with terms they were initially provided; and not make material changes to other policies or practices governing the use of student personal information that are inconsistent with contractual requirements.
  • We will not retain student personal information beyond the time period required to support the authorized school purposes, or as authorized by the parent/student.
  • We will collect, use, and retain student personal information only for purposes for which we were authorized by the educational institution or the parent/student.
  • We will disclose clearly in contracts or privacy policies, including in a manner easy for parents to understand, what types of student personal information we collect, and the purposes for which the information we maintain is used.
  • We will support access to and correction of student personally identifiable information by the student or their authorized parent, either by assisting the educational institution in meeting its requirements or directly when the information is collected directly from the student with student/parent consent.
  • We will maintain a comprehensive security program that is designed to protect the security, privacy, confidentiality, and integrity of student personal information against risks – such as unauthorized access or use, or unintended or inappropriate disclosure – through the use of administrative, technological, and physical safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
  • We will require that our vendors with whom student personal information is shared in order to deliver the educational service, if any, are obligated to implement these same commitments for the given student personal information.
  • We will allow a successor entity to maintain the student personal information, in the case of our merger or acquisition by another entity, provided the successor entity is subject to these same commitments for the previously collected student personal information.

Reach out to us

If you are a School Administrator and require assistance, fill out the form below and a representative will follow up with you! You can also call us at 302-384-9340. If you are a Parent applying for financial aid and require assistance, please contact our 24 hour call center at 1-877-326-FAST (3278).

Thank you for getting in touch!

One of our Account Managers will be getting back to you shortly. We do our best to answer your inquiries by the next business day; however, should you need to speak to someone sooner, please don’t hesitate to call us at 302-656-4944.

We are looking forward to learning how ISM can serve you, and your school!

Neal Wrightson talks about FAST®

Neal Wrightson of Children's Community School in California points how important the flexibility of FAST is, with great tools that help the school build the very best mission-appropriate financial aid awards for their families.

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